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D-War (2007)
It doesn't matter where you're from, this movie bombs
Prior to the premiere of this film in Korea, every time I watched the news, there was some story about D-War.... mainly about the Korean director, who was a comedian awhile back, and how it cost $150 million and 6 years to make. But the biggest factor for this film's hype was that it was a Korean film being filmed in LA with American actors. This film was all based on hype and national pride and as a result it totally did not deliver. I don't care if you're Korean, American, European, or anything else, but if you can honestly look someone in the eye and say that this film was excellent, then you have got to be a great liar.
To give this film some credit, it HAD the opportunity to become something great. It was actually a good plot, but it tanked on so many levels, from the failed CGI, to the poor script, to the poor acting, and to the insanely evident cheese factor. Oh, and just because the actor's were no namers, it doesn't mean that it was bad. It was bad acting because they were just bad actors, plain and simple. The script was way too cheesy and the bad acting just made things worse. Also, despite the fact that it cost $150 million to make, it seems the majority of it was used to get the license to film in LA. Yes, I KNOW that this movie is about dragons and I shouldn't be too scrutinizing on the CGI, but Jurassic Park was based on dinosaurs and that was made over 10 years ago and managed to have better graphics than this. The CGI didn't converge well with the rest of the scenery and made a terrible clash.
I think I was soooo lucky to have watched Transformers AFTER D-War because if I saw it the other way around, I would have walked out of D-War. D-War may have set the record for best opening in Korea, but to be perfectly honest, it was all based on national pride, which isn't a bad thing mind you. But once this film hits America, it's going to bomb. It won't have the same popularity as Shiri, Old Boy, and Lady Vengeance which didn't have a big opening in Korea, yet found fame in the global film industry.